I also think a break of several weeks isn’t the worst way to experience it, either.

Vix is a) a fox and b) a mechanic, so puts those thumbs to good use.

The story is the weirdest bit of FixFox, which - in complete fairness - is saying a lot.

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It’s a really nice lo-fi, analogue version of the future.

EvenAleix Ramon’s soundtrack, which is slightly different in different areas, underlines this.

On the other hand, the story is a little bit bonkers, but very sweet.

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I didn’t even mind the clunky prejudice metaphor that is a central part of one character’s arc.

The middle of the story is a few hours of nesting repetiton.

I think you have to do 12 junkyards.

A scene from FixFox where a pink nurse AI is reading data while a repeating light show happens

More complicated fixes need items with a certain smell, or different coloured glow.

You also have to ask people directions to the chocolate dip pond.

It’s all about co-operation and being friendly and helping out.

The player character in FixFox speeding across a purple and orange desert

And in return the locals like you too!

Isn’t that lovely?

An extremely cluttered toolbox in FixFox - it has bottles of oil, vinegar, spatulas, tomatoes, several paintbrushes and spatulas and a whole lot of avocados